Ensuring Biden's Infrastructure Plan Accounts for Climate Risks — and Saves Money – BRINK – News and Insights on Global Risk
The U.S. administration, led by President Joseph Biden, is proposing a massive infrastructure plan to replace the nation’s crumbling bridges, roads and other critical structures. But to make those investments pay off, the U.S. will need designs that can endure the changing climate. Most U.S. infrastructure is designed to stand for decades, including through what engineers expect to be rare storms and floods. However, extreme storms that were considered rare a few decades years ago are already becoming more common. Hurricane Harvey in 2017 was the Houston area’s third “500-year flood” ...
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